2 census tracts · pop 7,119 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Creekside Park takes in 2 census tracts of Mount Pleasant, SC, population 7,119. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. The severe-burden share is 49%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Annualized rent equals 122% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. 59% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Mount Pleasant rate of 33.3%. The voucher gap is 59.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Average gross rent is $2,899, 34% above the Mount Pleasant average of $2,159.
Well under the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.5/10. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2/10. Court records for this tract carry 84 eviction filings.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 6.5% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 7.2% of adults, 10.6 points below the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 6.2% of renter households.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Creekside Park vs Mount PleasantHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority20%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport60%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Creekside Park
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
84Total filings (sum)
5.18%Avg annual filing rate
6.2%Peak year (2012)
4.93%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
271Total filings 2020-21
2.2Avg monthly observed
2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
0.79×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston, SC).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Creekside Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
6.1%Housing insecurity
4.1%Utility shutoff threat
6.9%Food insecurity
3.5%SNAP enrollment
6.5%No health insurance
23.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Creekside Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Creekside Park?
Creekside Park scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Creekside Park compare to Mount Pleasant overall?
Creekside Park scores 0.2 points lower than Mount Pleasant overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $2,899 vs $2,159.
Q3
What is the average rent in Creekside Park?
Average gross rent in Creekside Park is $2,899/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Creekside Park residents are renters?
25% of Creekside Park households are renter-occupied (vs 26% in Mount Pleasant). The neighborhood has 7,119 residents.
Q5
Is Creekside Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Creekside Park sits in the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Creekside Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Creekside Park is census tract 45019004622 (score 3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Creekside Park for landlords?
Creekside Park carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Mount Pleasant as a whole (3.2/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Creekside Park?
Creekside Park has 6,985 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (87.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7%), Hispanic / Latino (2.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
